DR. DANIEL DE CARVALHO

SCIENTIST

Since he was young, Dr. Daniel De Carvalho always had a keen interest in science that continued into his university years in Brazil and has carried into his work in cancer research at The Princess Margaret.

Today, Dr. De Carvalho does research on cancer treatments involving epigenetics and immunotherapy. He is currently working on treatments that make cancer cells appear as virus-infected cells, so the immune system can take action. A clinical trial is taking place right now at The Princess Margaret which combines that approach with immunotherapy drugs, to boost the immune system to attack cancer.

Dr. De Carvalho is also interested in researching blood-based methods of cancer detection in hopes of finding the disease earlier.